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August 11, 2023

Is This the Year English Soccer Faces Its Plutocratic Reckoning?

The Premier League returns for another season of footballing glory, financial excess, and existential crisis.

February 4, 2023

European Soccer Is Spending Itself to Death

The English Premier League transformed itself into the predatory “Super League” that fans thought they had defeated.

August 31, 2021

The Plutocratic Takeover of European Soccer Is Nearly Complete

This year’s insane transfer-window period has illuminated the sport’s apocalyptic financial inequities.

April 20, 2021

Soccer Is Broken. The European Super League Proves It.

Even if the breakaway competition fails, it illustrates that the beautiful game was long ago captured by the rich.

October 3, 2018

An Opera for the City, an Opera for the Self

New York is the stage for the "Mile Long Opera," a breakthrough work of public art.

December 28, 2015

They’re selling Jose Mourinho scarves outside Old Trafford ahead of Man United v. Chelsea.

February 6, 2008

Hillary's "victory" Speech

January 22, 2008

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February 2, 1997

The Man Who Would Be George